Samuel EDWARDS

(1785-1850)

EDWARDS, Samuel, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Chester Township,
Delaware County, Pa., March 12, 1785; attended the common schools;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1806 and commenced practice
in Chester; served in the War of 1812; member of the State house of
representatives 1814-1816; elected as Federalist to the Sixteenth
and Seventeenth Congresses; elected as a Jackson Federalist to the
Eighteenth Congress; and reelected as a Jacksonian to the
Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1827); chairman,
Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Navy (Seventeenth
and Eighteenth Congresses); resumed the practice of his profession
in Chester; inspector of customs 1838-1842; died in Chester, Pa.,
November 21, 1850; interment in Chester Rural Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present